Julius simon



(No Model.)

J. SIMON.

SHIKI?.-

Patented Mm.v 11, 1884.

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JULIUS SIMON, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

lSHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,921, dated March 11, 1884..

Application tiled August 21, 1883V (No model.)

IO all 'whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JULIUs SIMON, of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shirts and Analogous Garments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to woolen shirts, such as are commonly known as yachtingshirts,77

and is particularly applicable to shirts having afalse front, which is exposed when the front of the shirt is thrown open and the collar turned back. The invention is also applicable to shirt-waists or analogous garments.

One feature of my invention consists in the combination, with the false front in a shirt of the kind above described' provided with eyelet-holes, of a lacing, the two portions of which are separately laced through the eyeletsin the two edges of the false front without connecting said portions, and hooks and eyes or other means, independent of the lacing, for connecting the two edges of the false front. The false front has then the appearance of being laced, while in reality its edges are hooked together or otherwise connected by a more convenient means than lacing.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a shirt or analogous garment having a collar, of a neckband attached to the shirt within the collar, and adapted to be turned inward when not required for use, and to be turned up when it is desired to button a collar to it. Vhen the neckband is thus .turned up, a linen shirt front or dickey, or a neckscarf, may be 'used to hide the front of the woolen shirt, and a linen collar buttoned to the neckband, while the wide collar of the woolen shirt will be covered and concealed by the vest of thc wearer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a shirt embodying my invention with the neckband turned in, and Fig. 2 represents the shirt with the neckband turned up to enable a linen collar to be buttoned to it.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

A designates the shirt, which is commonly made of woolen stuff; and B designates. the wide collar with which yachting shirts are commonly provided.

C C designates the two portions of the false front, which may be made of stuff of a con trasting color or appearance to that ofthe shirt A, and which are attached to the inner side of the shirt.

In the meeting edges of the portions C O are eyelets or eyelet-holes a, and D designates a lacing which is laced through these eyelets. Each portion of the lacing is separatelylaced through the eyelets on the edge of one portion O only, and the lacing does not connect the two portions C.

In order to connect the twoportions C O of the false front, I employ hooks b and eyes '0, or other means which may be more easily manipulated than a lacing, to connect and disconnect the portions O, and thefalse front then has the appearance of being laced up, while in reality it is fastened with hooks and eyes or other means independent of the lacing.

E designates a neckband, which is attached to the false front C and to the shirt on the -inner side of the collar B. .When it is not desired to use the neckband, it is turned under or inward, as shown in Fig. l; but when it is desired to use it, itis turned upward, as shown in Fig. 2. A linen shirt front or dickey, or a neckscarf, may then be used and a linen collar buttoned or attached to the neckband E, while the shirt-collar B will be covered and concealed by the vest of the wearer.

In connection with the neckband E, I may employ a false front, C C, laced or closed by hooks and eyes, or by buttons, or other means.

Yachting-shirts have been provided with neckbands attached on the outside 'of or under the collars B; but in such case it has been necessary to turn the collar B inside the shirt when a linen collar is to be attached to the neckband, and the collar B has then been liable to beseiled by perspiration7 and is very uncomfortable to the wearer.

Although my invention is only shown in connection with a shirt, it may be embodied in shirt-waists or analogous garments.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a shirt with an extra yoke provided with a yoke-band and attached on the inside or outside ofthe shirt, so as to form between the extra yoke and the shirt proper a pocket which extends entirely around the neck. Such a shirt has been provided with a collar per- ICO' mancntly attached tothe yoke-band, and when desired a collar could be attached to the neckband. NVhencver the permanently-attached collar is to extend outward and form a rolling collar, the neckband and yolrcband are buttoned together, so as to appear as one band, and the neckband is not turned inward and downward; but when a separate collar is to be attached to the neckband the permanently-attached collar is turned inward into the pocket formed between the shirt proper and the eX- tra yoke.

I do not make any claim io a shirt which is formed with such a pocket into which the permanently-attached collar may be turned and concealed. Myinvcntionrelates onlyto yachting-shirts or shirt-waists, which are usually made of iiannel, with very broad collars, which would require a very large pocket to contain them if folded or turned inward, and which would be creased and rumpled by folding them into a pocket, and would be soiled and stained by the perspiration of the wearer. fit-li my shirt the broad collar is always worn lying 011 the outside of the shirt over the shoulders, as shown in the drawings, and is never turned in. l'hen no linen collar is to be worn, the neckband E is turned down and inward, as shown in Fig. l, and when a linen collar is to be worn the ncekband is turned up, as shown in Fig. 2, and the linen collar is attached to it. The position of the broad collar B is not changed, and it still remains lying on the out side of the shirt, where it is covered and concealed by the vest of the wearer, leaving only the linen collar exposed.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. rlhe combination, with thefalse front consisting of the portions C C, provided with cyclet-holes or eyelets, of a lacing the two portions of which are separately laced through the eyelets in the two edges of the false front without connecting them, and means, substantially such as described, independent of the lacing, for connecting the two portions of the false front.

2. The combination, with a shirt or analogous garment provided with a collar, l, of the neckband E, attached to the shirt within the collar, and adapted to be turned inward and downward when not desired for use, or to be turned upward when it is desired to attach a linen collar to it, substantially as herein described, whereby provision is afi'orded for attaching a linen collar to the said neckband, while the collar B remains in its normal position on the outside of the shirt, in which position it will be covered and concealed by the vest o1" the wearer.

l JU LIUS SIMON. \\'itnesses:

FREDK. HAYNEs, ED. L. MORAN. 

